"Social Distancing" Amid a Crisis in Social Isolation and Loneliness

Thomas K M Cudjoe¹, Ashwin A Kotwal^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
³ Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care Service Line, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

Thomas K M Cudjoe et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;68(6):E27-E29.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.16527. Epub 2020 May 15.

Thomas K M Cudjoe¹, Ashwin A Kotwal^{2

3}

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
³ Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care Service Line, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

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